> good morning. i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm anthony mason. here are a few of stories we'll be look at on cbs "this morning saturday." after the storm, the anger, devastation and pain left by superstorm sandy. and now gas rationing to try to ease the frustration. after promising to run the race through a storm shocked city organizers of the new york marathon back down. >> as the clock ticks down to election day, both presidential candidates make ohio their second home. where things stand with three days to go. >> and for all the pain and heartbreak this week time for

optimism. "annie" returns to broadway with a message that endures. ♪ o all that and so much more on cbs "this morning saturday," saturday, november 3, 2012. identify forgotten how well she can hit that note. >> she's incredible. i'm looking forward to having a conversation with her. >> welcome to the weekend, everybody. we begin with the aftermath of the big storm and here are this morning's headlines. more than 100 people in ten states are dead as a result of hurricane sandy. 3.5 million people remain without power in the northeast. gasoline rationing has been ordered in new jersey. after stirring up a huge go ahead, the new york city

marathon has been cancelled. it has been scheduled for tomorrow. growing numbers of people in places hit by the storm say they are being neglected and anger is rising. one of those place is staten island, new york just five miles off manhattan. ana werner is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you can imagine what people are dealing with out here and many people around the area can this morning, but for instance just take this power line. it should be 20 feet over my head instead it's literally almost in the street. there are major problems to resolve every where. and people here say they just aren't getting enough attention. as the national guard rolled into this battered neighborhood thomas met them to ask why he wasn't getting any help from the government? >> went there this morning, 8:00 this morning, there's no fema there. i asked the cops they said they don't know what happened. >> reporter: he's one of many

staten island residents who said their neighborhood has been neglected. >> it's the last place to get any kind of response. we're just starting to get response yesterday. there was no response before then. i mean it was basically, every one of us spending helping each other. >> reporter: the death toll from hurricane sandy in staten islad now stands at 22. more than half of all those killed in new york city. friday authorities discovered the latest two victims, an older man and woman who were unable to escape the rising water. as the water recedes frustrations here are boiling over. many streets remain impassable. debris clogs others. many residents have been left with nothing. >> we are the forgotten island. nobody remembers us. nobody ever remembers us. we do not get enough coverage over here. we need help. >> bring me the water. >> reporter: stephen says he was trapped in his home during the hurricane but now it may be

condemned. >> standing in seven hours in water and nobody came to help us. it was terrible. the water came in. we had no time to do anything. and now they are trying to tell us they are going to throw us out. >> reporter: the only thing many are clinging now is the fact that they survived. >> we're good. we're alive. >> reporter: there are incredible stories of hardship here, and people are starting to get some short term relief. you saw the national guard, the red cross is here and homeland security secretary janet napolitano came here yesterday to assure people or try to assure them that they will get some help but it's a long road ahead. rebecca? >> a lot of work to to be done there. thank you, ana. the long lines of cars at gas stations is adding to the anger and frustration for storm victims here in the northeast. but there is some hope that the shortage won't last much longer. the obama administration will purchase up to 22 million gallons of gasoline and diesel to

new york and new jersey for distribution. the federal government also plans to tap national oil reserves ben tracey is in new jersey with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good another long day and now rationing to deal with. as of noon today in 12 counties in new jersey if your license plate ends with an odd number you can only buy gas on odd number days. ends with an even number you can only buy on even day. folks are happy to hear help is on the way. new york harbor is the busiest oil port and it's open. nearly a week after hurricane sanny shut it down. >> ain't no gas down that way. >> reporter: new supply may ease the demand toms river, new jersey which isn't used to traffic jams like this one. more than half of the gaseses in

new jersey and long island have been closed and patience is running on empty. >> hey. [ bleep ] i've been waiting here four hours. >> reporter: the problem is not gas it's power. nearly a dozen of the region's fuel terminals are down so fuel stations with no electricity are closed. the former president of shell oil. >> they can take deliveries but probably won't because everything at a gas station is monitored electronically. in order to keep the inventory you need electronic measuring devices. in toward pump the gas you need electricity. >> reporter: crews are racing to get crude refineries back online. and ships can carry fuel between u.s. ports. president will consider tapping the nation's strategic petroleum reserve if supply issues continue. to give you a sense of just how

crazy some of this panic at the pump has gotten people were trying to sell gasoline on craig's list for $15 a gallon. anthony, no word yet as to whether anyone actually bought that. >> ben, i was desperate enough yesterday. i might have bought it. ben tracey in new jersey thanks. now to a major controversy that erupted here in new york in the aftermath of hurricane sandy, even as this battered city struggled back to i feet the organizers of the new york city marathon remained determined to go ahead with tomorrow's race. but it's not going to happen after all. michelle miller is on the marathon route on fifth avenue here in new york. good morning michelle. >> reporter: good morning. it was a startling turn around after pitching for three days that the race must go on. >> we have to have a city going forward. >> reporter: in less than five hours mayor michael bloomberg reversed his original course and pulled the plug on the world's largest marathon.

he let race officials deliver the news. >> the best way to help new york city at this time is to say that we will not be conducting the 2012 ing, new york city marathon. >> reporter: appearing on charlie rose bloomberg's police commissioner explained why the mayor changed his mind. >> he didn't want it to result in divisiveness. >> reporter: outrage has been brewing for days in print and on tv. >> we have people who lost their lives or lost their entire house everything they had, work for their whole life. >> reporter: critics charged the race was draining vital emergency resources from recovery efforts. >> bring those port-a-potties. generators. they have generateors to keep the runners warm. >> reporter: nearly 50,000 runners from 125,000 countries were expected to compete sunday in a race that generates an

estimated $300 million for the city. >> we can't do this now. you should have done this at the beginning of the week. >> reporter: news of the cancellation started to spread by late evening as entrants picked up their gear. some had only arrived friday morning. >> we could have saved a ton of money. we flew from tennessee. our hotel, flight it's gone. >> reporter: sean and sonya landed at noon from belfast, northern ireland. >> we spent thousands of dollars to be here. there's a lot of people in that situation. >> reporter: and people in their situation simply don't know what to do. many had planned to leave on tuesday, they say they would like to leave now. this is the first time that the race has been cancelled ever. and mayor bloomberg is now asking the race sponsors to donate the money to put on the

race to the victims of hurricane sandy. rebecca? >> michelle miller thank you. now to what certainly would have been our top story this morning, were it not for hurricane sandy the final push to the president wralial election on tuesday. we start with nancy cordes who is with the obama campaign in mentor, ohio. >> reporter: the president spent the entire day yesterday in ohio. he went back to the white house to sleep and he's come back here to ohio this morning for good measure. the campaign says this is not an indication that they are nervous about this state. they say it's simply an acknowledgment that ohio is a must-win state for both sides. >> it issis good to be in lima. >> reporter: president obama stumped before groups of 3,000 and 4,000 in high school gyms

and converted barn. it was a far cry when mr. obama whipped up a crowd of 40,000 in a state of indiana. campaign officials say the large rallies that were the hallmark of '08 are coming this weekend. in the final three days of this race the president is holding three events in ohio two in wisconsin, two in iowa and one each in virginia new hampshire, florida and colorado. before heading to chicago to watch the returns on election day. white house officials breathed a sigh of relief after the monthly employment report shows the nation created more jobs than expected last month. >> this morning we learned that companies hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. >> reporter: and that all three of his ohio stops mr. obama went after a romney ad that suggests jeep is moving jobs from buckeye state to china. >> folks that work at the jeep plant have been having to call-up their employers because

they are worried. of course it turns out it's not true. the car companies themselves have told governor romney knock it off. knock it off. that's what they said. >> reporter: the obama campaign contends that ad is romney's undoing. it's gotten a lot of attention here most of it negative. both side are working overtime to project confidence in this race but david axelrod took it to another level yesterday contending that obama was so fired up that his speeches were coming directly from his loins. definitely a new one out here on the campaign trail. >> nancy cordes in mentor ohio with the final countdown. thanks nancy. >> from his loins. mitt romney is working equally hard on this last weekend of campaigning. he's dispatched a wave of high-profile surrogates to make

his final sales pitch. jan crawford is with the romney campaign in new hampshire. >> reporter: good morning. we saw governor romney yesterday start making his closing arguments and rallies in wisconsin and iowa. he talked in this sweeping language about america's future what he would deliver if he were elected and he called out the president for what he said were four years of empty promises including at the biggest jeftgest rally last night before 20,000 supporters. >> we're four days away from a fresh start. four days away from the first day avenue beginning. rove before tens of thousands outside of cincinnati mitt romney took aim at the president's record and his rhetoric. we heard the comments mr. obama made at a rally in ohio earlier in the day when he said -- >> no no no. don't boo, vote. vote. voting is the best revenge. >> reporter: romney hit hard. >> he asked his supporters to vote for revenge.

for revenge. instead i ask the american people to vote for love of country. >> reporter: earlier in wisconsin romney offered up a sharp contrast with the president and looked forward. >> he's offering excuses. identify got a plan. he's hoping -- he's hoping we'll settle. i can't wait for us to get started. >> reporter: reaching out to independents he promised bipartisanship. >> i'll bring people together. doing big things for the common good. i won't just represent one party. i'll represent one nation. >> reporter: it's that america deserves better than four more years of the same. >> i have a clear and unequivocal message. with the right leadership america will come roaring back. >> reporter: now romney also use ad slight uptick in those jobs numbers yesterday, unemployment going up 7.8 to 7.9% to say this is not what a real recovery

looks like that america deserves better. course the economy being the corner stone of his campaign from the beginning. you can expect to hear that a lot over the next few days. >>ian crawford in newington, new hampshire. thank you. polls say that the biggest issue in this presidential campaign is unemployment and the jobs report for october released friday as you just heard from jan is decidedly mixed. the labor department said 171,000 new jobs were anticipated nationwide. but the overall unemployment rate edged up slightly to 7.9%. so how might these numbers affect tuesday's election? joining us are the newly appointed columnist at yahoo! finance and john dickerson. as we heard the politicians can take these numbers and spin them both ways. on the one hand there's more job creation. on the other hand there's more people looking for work who can't find it. >> i don't think it changes the whole economic narrative we've had. so therefore you'll have a

continue jays of that exact debate. i think it was moderately encouraging the numbers in october and also they got revised higher in terms of job growth. it means we have this firm trend of steady but kind of slower than we would like to see growth in jobs. really both sides can play it. if you came into this thing thinking anything 7% unemployment is unacceptable and need political change it won't change the story. the trend is there and consumer confidence in the job market actually has picked up to a four year high. something is going on that people feel like maybe a recovery has taken hold. >> we have a housing market that's improving. you saw the revision there's. we had an upward revision of 50,000 more jobs created than first thought. in september 34,000 more than first thought. that takes to us a three month average of 170,000 jobs per month which was better than what we were thinking. >> better than what we were thinking and better than what we saw in the spring and summer. we've gone at least a year

without some kind of a shock meaning the european debt crisis. we had the economy with its feet under it. the housing recovery has been an absent element of this recovery for two years now. that's belatedly kicking in. that should be a little bit of a help. it's not a driver of the economy. a lot of these things remember it's cars, homes, the traditional stuff that actually is start network again a little bit. >> john you wrote about the undecideds. the question really is how much is something like this in a jobs report is going to impact their vote and sway them? >> well it depends. there's two different kinds of one decideds. there's people who know too much. they don't find a candidate who meets their needs. then the other type of undecideds low information voters. they don't pay attention to this stuff. what they think about the economy is basically determined by how much a gallon of milk cost, whether they have a job, whether their friends have a job. they tune in late. there's nothing in this jobs report that's swing one way or

the other. now it's warmer and good news and we've had a year without a shock that's a good piece of news but not so good that it's going to force all of these folks who have had a kind of dim view of the economy and that's why they are thinking about moving away from president obama. not likely to push them back into his arms. >> at the same time you have a consumer confidence number which is better which suggests the mood may be better? >> that's right. what the obama people have hoped for is that voters would vote on the momentum not on the past and so if they feel there's a little bit of a gathering and they are feeling better and where they felt better before in the spring then there were shocks and things slipped back. they haven't trusted the idea that things are getting better. the hope is that two things one momentum might actually be catching with these voters and also that there are enough of them. that in these battleground states where everybody is pushed off in their corners there's enough vote towers get. >> how about the economy

specifically in ohio where the unemployment rate is lower than it is in a national level. how much in a swing state like ohio will that shape things? >> i haven't been in ohio so i don't know if even the economic reality is getting drowned out. but it seems to me it's very important. it's obviously, you know the core of a lot of the debates here was it right to do the auto bail swrout. threw have your kind of you know laboratory right there in ohio. do i think it's important. it's obviously different than past elections when ohio has been considered to be kind of a rust belt problem child as opposed to a success story. the question is who can take credit for the ohio success. you have the republican governor there. so it seems like there's a little bit of a crossfire on that. >> john in a number of these battleground states the unemployment state is below the national average. will the economy work to obama's advantage? >> in five of the nine it's below the 7.9% national average. and as michael said in ohio

with the auto question it does work to the president's advantage because he can come and say i took action the last problem, i took action and made life better. that's what he wants to say more broadly. but in the other states it's much more mixed. he can't point to a specific single thing. my favorite state is nevada. worst unemployment rate in the country, terrible economic conditions and the president is doing well there, he's talked to strategists they think he might wip that state and that gets to us the big question what this election is about which is a weak economy versus the demographic advantages that the president has. >> thank you. benefit concert for superstorm sandy last night. the concert raised money for the red cross to benefit storm victims and rebuilding

carrying toxic chemicals will keep residents of west point kentucky out of their homes indefinitely. the 13 car train derailed monday but all 1100 people were evacuated wednesday when the fire and fumes worsened. the fire sunday control and crews will work through the weekend to right the cars and to stop the fumes. the new york knicks scored a big season opening win over the world champion miami heat in the first major sporting event since hurricane sandy hit new york. the knicks triumphed 104-84. dwayne wade who felt the game should have been postponed donated last night's paycheck $210,000 to storm relief. it is about 21 minutes after the hour. here's lonnie quinn's hardest-working man in the business. >> for all the whethermen in the northeast it's been a tough go and for all of you it's a tough

go. that's the big story. we can see a little bit of circulation that's associated with sandy but we can zoom in tight things have changed. what's happening with sandy in nova scotia now we have a northeasterly wind pulling into northeast. a lot of folks without power. that within pushes water far off shore as opposed to that easterly wind that pushed it onshore. a lot of power outages. 20s and 30s for the entire region tonight. it's going to be a tough goff it's not a definite but we're looking at a possible storm for wednesday into thursday for the northeast.

this would be possibly the first nor'easter of the season. i'll keep a close eye on that one four. push that out to sea. coming up the struggle of those left helpless and alone in the wake of superstorm sandy. >> later this election's october surprise was named sandy. so how does the hurricane rate against other campaign shockers? you're watching cbs "this morning saturday".

so here's the question a lot of people have been asking them cess. is this the new normal, are huge destructive weather events like hurricane sandy, hurricane katrina are they part of the new normal. >> more on this very important topic and what experts and what governors are sbang it just ahead. we'll be right back. this is cbs "this morning

♪ hard to believe scenes of tragedy and destruction in the wake of hurricane sandy. you're look what's left of part of breezy point, new york a beach front community about 15 miles east of manhattan. fire destroyed what floodwaters did not. about 100 homes are gone as are all the possessions of the people who lived there. >> if you would like to help you can do nature to the sandy relief fun at 1-800-red cross or www.red cross.com or sandy relief fund text the word red cross and then the numbers 9099 to donate $10. >> so many people in desperate need of our help.

welcome to cbs "this morning saturday." i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm anthony mason. >> i want to turn to our top story this morning. a big question about a very big topic. as superstorms like hurricane sandy and katrina in 2005 is this the new normal for our weather? they long have been considered once in a century events but researchers now say the frequency of such storms will at least double by the year to 30 and officials are paying attention. this is a massive storm. >> one of the largest this country has seen. >> this week hurricane sandy barreled up the east coast and battered the northeast. >> it is beyond anything i've thought i would ever see. >> now it's shaking up the race for the white house in a thursday op-ed new york city mayor michael bloomberg endorsed barack obama for president over mitt romney and due in large part to a surprising issue, one sees climate change as an urgent

problem that threatens our planet. one does not. i want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral politics. sandy responsible for more than 100 deaths and untold billions of dollars comes 14 months after irene a storm estimated to have cost $15 billion. that was followed two months later by a halloween snowstorm that dumped two feet on parts of new jersey. >> for us to sit here today and say this is a once in a generation and won't happen again, i think would be short sited. >> this week new york governor andrew cuomo raised concerns that these superstorms raise a new normal. >> joke every two years we have a 100 year flood. i believe it will happen again. i pray it will not. i believe it is. >> joining us now is ben strauss, the head of the scientific group that predicts the occurrence of superstorms

and say they will double by 2030. good morning. your in agreement with governor cuomo this is the new normal? >> listen sandy was off the chart. climate change made it worse. but sandy was off the charts. however, very much the new norm wral that we're seeing more extreme weather. bigger storms more often. heat waves, drought like we saw this summer, fires. and we've had three of our highest flood events in new york city out of the top ten three since 1900 three has come since the last three years. >> the real damage from hurricane sandy came from the rising sea levels. what role did they play inis? >> new york city has seen about a foot-and-a-half of sea level rise since 1850. slightly more than half of that is from global warming melting ice, expanding seas. so the surge got about a foot higher because of this because

of this increase in sea level. it still would have been awful without that extra foot. but every foot made a difference. every inch makes a difference. would the transformer have blown up. would a particular spot have been plugged. some places have been spared. >> would the tunnels and subways under water. >> as it shifts to a conversation about rebuilding you heard from governor cuomo and mayor bloomberg we have to rebuild in a smarter way, is it possible if this is a new normal to protect ourselves in a physical way from these types of events? >> first we need to reduce our risk by reducing carbon pollution. after that we can protect ourselves by building walls, barriers levees. we can accommodate by building structures higher not having generators in basement emergency generators where they can flood. also we can think about where we build what and try to avoid the highest risk areas as sea levels don't rise. >> you're saying we don't need

just to consider this we need do it? >> if we want to reduce damage in the few of reduce harm we need to do it. >> ben strauss from climate central, thank you. >> here's lonnie with another check of the weather. >> oil say this much regardless of where you lie on that issue have to take care of mama earth. speaking of the earth here's the gold old usa. you can see the circulation around sandy, center of that storm up in canada. another circulation here in the northern plains. let's zoom in tight on that area. a little weak low pressure system but this time the year pulling in the cold air from canada with moisture. we're talking snow around north dakota. take a look at this from minot to sioux falls three to five inches. it won't last all day. by late this will be gone. winter weather alerts are in effect. that's a quick look at the national picture. here now is the closer look at the weather for your weekend.

all right, guys. it's also that time of year whether the weatherman takes on the responsibility telling you when you go to bed at night bring that clock back. we fall back and it takes place tonight. anthony, over to you. >> all that and you're taking away my sleep too. >> blame it on the weatherman. >> up next the struggle of the most vulnerable. many of new york's area disabled were evacuated and remained without power. their heartbreaking plight when we return. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday." >> i can't watch tv. dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a moisture reserve, so skin can replenish itself. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno. [ female announcer ] a classic meatloaf recipe from stouffer's starts with

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>> good morning. millions have been living without power but i want to tell you about residents without a voice. >> so this is canterbury road. >> she was a group specialist for the mentally disabled. there's been no power since monday. >> we don't want any accidents. not greatly lit. this is the main living space. where everybody pretty much has been hanging out. >> these men and women may be lucky to have a roof over their heads but sandy has wreaked havoc among the most vulnerable. >> daily disruption that rocks their world to a different extent than a lot of people understand. >> without heat and often in the dark it's the usual forms of entertainment that are missed the most. >> this is how their days are spent. a schedule makes it a lot easier for them to function on a daily

basis. >> this group home is one of hundreds up and down new york state that still has no power. in new york city some powerless residents had to abandon their homes. christopher still sleeps in his own room. >> i was completely frightened. i had no idea what i was going to do. >> but others say their shared experiences will help weather this latest storm. >> the little things they do here and there they don't realize how much it means to the staff when they recognize we're here because we care. >> these caregivers have been working around the clock all week in the cold and dark out of a commit pept to those they care for. they struggle to make it it home to see their own families. >> thanks. let's get more on this crisis within a crisis now from steven freeman ceo of the aya network.

also with us is courtney burke. good morning to you both. steven, let me start with you. how many of these homes do you have and how many of them are without power right now? >> we operate 120 different sites throughout the metropolitan area including new jersey. about 22 of them are without power and as we speak more coming online so this morning i think we're about up to about 18 that have been out. we have 800 people living in these programs 200 were without power. and we evacuated about 56 people just prior to the storm. >> things are getting better. >> they are getting better as we sit here. i've been getting tweets all morning about new programs coming online. things are getting better. our biggest damage is in long island and on the westchester coast, on the long island sound. >> commissioner you've had to evacuate statewide about 2,000 people at this point. what's the status of your effort?

>> we've been working around the clock. we got wonderful staff at all levels of the agency and throughout the state who have been network catalog where our people who have lost power, what are we doing to get them needed supplies, whether it's medical supplies, whether it's generators. cataloging that information so that we can make sure we're getting the supplies there in a timely way. >> can the state prioritize for those most vulnerable for this storm? >> yes. we certainly prioritize. we've been working hand-in-hand with those in the governor's office, with those other state agencies that can assist us. we've been working with the federal government to bring in supplies from other states if needed to make sure we're getting to people who really could be in a crisis situation. >> how do you deal with a challenge like this when dealing with so many people. many don't understand what's going on. >> we have a wide range of functioning levels. for many of these people they understand what happened. we have a good opportunity to prepare for this. prepare staff coverage. during the storm we gather

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at the end of this segment with additional information for people as well who may need direct assistance right at this moment in time. steve is correct it's been a great partnership between the state, between the nonprofits and the staff in all of our facilities have been tremendous. we have a lot of great stories of people going above and beyond being without their own families for several days. two individuals actually went out in the middle of the storm, middle of the night rescued 28 individuals in two homes where they were under water. >> you have been doing incredible work. thank you both for being here this morning. >> people want to contribute to our relief efforts to aya.org. >> coming up next there have been a lot of october surprises in election year politics. was hurricane sandy the greatest of them all? we ask that question next. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday."

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♪ it is a long standing tradition in presidential politics, the october surprise. an event that alters the political climate often aiding one candidate while tripping up the other. this year it's hurricane sandy. fines of it president obama appears to have gotten it right. a new poll suggests 78% of americans approving of his handling of the disaster. so how does sandy sack up to past october surprises. joining us with some insight is the senior political reporter for politico.com. great to have you this morning. one of the original october surprises, 1968 lbj halts bombing. >> the idea was this was a peace move. it was is going make things easier for democrats who were posed to the war. it d he came closer than people

thought. that qualified as an october surprise. didn't get far enough over the line. >> in 1980 president carter was run for election against ronald reagan, and american hostages were being held in tehran. >> one of the most famous ones. it didn't quite work. when negotiations to try to free the hostages they were held for a year. very hopeful. ultimately he was successful but it didn't matter. it happened after the election. not anywhere near a big enough surprise. >> here we are talking about certain of manmade creations of october surprises. george w. bush in 2000 his opponent likely dug up some dirt just five days before election there as well. >> that one actually you do see republicans blame, you know the close election there on that that was very surprising for a lot of people who had been wavering and thinking about george bush, gave them pause. that was an unbelievable tirade. people are worried this one will look like this one.

here's some new information not a larger event. >> then in four days before election in 2004 between george w. bush and john kerry osama bin laden released a video. how did the candidates react? >> the democrats did not retook it positively. john kerry continues to blame his loss on that. he said they were doing well in the polls right up to that day and flat lined after that. it did underscore the main issue in that election with security as we all know in the post-9/11 era. it scared a lot of people. it played a role. whether it was decisive it was not that close of an election. >> how significant do you think hurricane sandy is going to be in this particular election and might we hear about it in the future as the october surprise that changed things >> you're already seeing republicans lay the ground work for if mitt romney loses this will be one thing that gets blamed. karl rove said to it "the washington post." haley barbour said something to

be similar. a definite sense mitt romney was doing well had momentum on course and that this changed the landscape. >> took him off the front page. it took the nation's attention elsewhere on a national front, national tragedy people focus singularly. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> up next it was an extraordinary week to be a weatherman in new york and our lonnie quinn was in the eye of the storm. we'll talk to him when we return. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday." living with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis means living with pain. it could also mean living with joint damage. help relieve the pain and stop the damage with humira, adalimumab. for many adults with moderate to severe ra, humira is clinically proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. so you can treat more than just the pain. humira can lower your ability to fight infections,

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didn't go home until thursday at 1:00. >> sleeping on your couch all week. >> i will say i got home and my wife was in just a tizzy. we have a new baby. lily was having a problem. we called the doctor and the doctor said you better go to the emergency room. i'm thinking i only have six hours to get some sleep. over the summer we had some pediatricians moving upstairs. god bless these folks. i didn't catch their last name. they came down in their pajamas to look at our little girl. >> we saw you at the "closing bell" at the new york stock exchange. >> that was quite an honor. >> this was what? >> wednesday. thursday. thursday. i got to tell you it was the "closing bell" because we ended up on an up note. >> that's all for a week's great work. >> myself and all the other meteorologists here in town. >> stay with us. we'll be rig

♪ welcome to cbs "this morning saturday." i'm anthony mason. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. coming up in this half hour we've seen sandy and what it's done to homeowners. we'll take a look at what it's done to small business owners. it's wiped away some entire livelihoods and you'll meet a man whose livelihood was all but washed away. >> the rebuilding begins. we have expert advice,000 proceed and avoid the cams. >> commander-in-chief of the silver screen the very best portrayals of presidents in the movies. >> but first our top story this half hour, a fight to the finish in ohio. both presidential campaigns are taking it down-to-the-wire in a state both see as vital to victory on tuesday.

dean reynolds is in cleveland. good morning, dean. >> reporter: good morning, anthony. it's ohio ohio and ohio. both candidates have spent so much time here they could practically take up residence in this state. >> hello, ohio. >> reporter: underlying the importance of ohio the president made three stops here on friday and will visit the state each day that's left in the campaign. governor romney was here twice on friday and will definitely be back before tuesday. >> ohio you're probably going to decide the next president of the united states. >> everybody is paying attention to ohio. and rightfully so. >> reporter: a brand new cnn poll just out has the president up by three points in the buckeye state as he tries to hold off romney and his avalanche of highly criticized ads. in a state where one out of eight jobs are connected to the auto industry the obama campaign is especially sensitive to this

romney message. >> obama took gm and chrysler into bankruptcy and sold chrysler to the italians who are going build jeeps in china. >> reporter: it's designed to peel working class americans away from the president but the idea that chrysler is moving jobs from ohio to china has been attacked as untrue. >> everybody knows it's not true. the car companies themselves have told governor romney to knock it off. >> reporter: friday's jobless report showed a slight increase in unemployment but at the same time a larger than expected number of jobs were created last month. while consumer confidence is the highest since february of 2008. romney was having none of it. >> the president promised change. but he didn't deliver it. and i'm promising change and i have a record of achieving it. >> reporter: it was a reference to his one term as governor of massachusetts where romney currently trails the president by 32 points.

still with unemployment at 7.9% this president will go before the voters on tuesday with the highest unemployment rate since franklin roosevelt in 1936 during the great depression. anthony? >> dean reynolds in cleveland this morning. thank you, dean. millions of americans will vote on tuesday and voted early but just 270 votes will determine who lives in the white house for the next four years. 270 is the majority in the electoral college and the number needed to win the presidency. so how might president obama or mitt romney come up with that crucial number of electoral votes? cbs news political director john dickerson is back with a path each candidate sees as most likely to victory. good morning. we've been talking about ohio ohio ohio. how important actually is ohio? >> it's very important to mitt romney. it's quite for the president as well. if you take nine battleground states. let's do that. we'll start if we look at our

map here our cbs election desk has decided that basically 237 electoral votes are presumed to go to president obama, 191 to mitt romney. already you see there that the president starts with a lead. and for governor romney to win ohio is a big part of that. it's got 18 electoral votes. so he has to get that 18 electoral votes. that's why it's so important for him because other than florida it's one of those big numbers on the map. >> what else does president obama likely pick up here to get to 270? >> his path is easier because he starts with that 237 votes. for example, if we give the president florida that gets him to 266. of the remaining eight states he could even get little old new hampshire, no offense to the people of new hampshire but they just get four electoral votes. that's how easy his path is. we look at mitt romney's path if

we give mitt romney florida and then we give him ohio north carolina, and we give him virginia he's still only 266. so those are four big states all very hotly contested. then he would need new hampshire a fifth state to get to 270. >> who would you say at this point has the momentum. >> momentum is a tricky word. both can have momentum. they can have big rallies. mitt romney had something coming out of that first debate. polls were change. that started to ed toed to dissipate. whether it stopped before the storm most strategists think that. his momentum was gone wasn't back sliding but gone he was going to have to come up with something new to say, something new to keep him in the national conversation. what the hurricane did was block him and remove his ability to get on the air, to make a news

story that would filter out throughout these electoral states sway little bit different than him losing momentum. he lost the opportunity to try to create it again. >> at the same time you had the president being praised by the governor of new jersey who was the speaker at the republican convention. >> exactly. so that helps with the undecided vote towers the extent they are low information, check into this big national event. they see the president being presidential in his role and also a republican governor which appeals to a lot of those undecided voters who are angry with washington and lack of bipartisanship. >> john dickerson, thanks. >> president obama is meeting with fema officials as he turns his focus today back to the eastern states ravaged by superstorm sandy. he'll also be briefed by top aides on recovery efforts and then join a conference call with his staff and fwofrs of states affected by the storm. after that cabinet officials will visit damaged communities for a firsthand look at cleanup and recovery programs. >> wegman's major supermarket

chain in the northeast is recalling some of its packaged salads due to e. coli bacteria. the rochester, new york based grocery stain issued the recalled after 6 people were sickened. the salads were sold between october 14th and last thursday. >> it's seven after the hour and lonnie is back with another check of the weather. >> good morning. let's take a look here at the good old usa. his is really very typical looking map what you would find this time the year. what happened last week and around this time. the jet stream was doing something, i mean out of this world. see this u turn right here? that is what sucked sandy into the northeast. what we have very sip cal flow in your jet stream. the problem is you get a storm that starts up in kentucky ride that jet stream right again into the northeast and believe it or not wednesday going into thursday we see that as a possibility, this is a possible

storm set up. not definite. for the exact area that was devastated by sandy. gusty northeast winds 40 to 50 miles per hour. heavy rain and your trees are already weak endif they haven't gone down they took such a beating with the storm this could bring about more power outages if this plays out. we'll keep our eye on this one very closely. quick look at the national picture. here's a closer look at your weather for the weekend. all right. now to my friend rekbaek. >> along with the untold thousands of homes across the northeast a huge number of small businesses also suffered catastrophic damage from hurricane sandy. we found one of them in a

neighborhood the red hook section of brooklyn. electronic should go across the street. >> ever since tuesday ralph has been spending 16 hours a day -- >> you want to those. >> -- cleaning up from the storm that washed away the last five years of his plight. >> what does your business mean to you? >> it was the second chance in life. >> after his contracting business collapsed with the 2008 housing crisis he caught a glimpse avenue beginning while on vacation in maine. >> and i looked at my wife and said we're opening a lobster farm. >> he and his wife started a lobster truck. >> we got an award. >> red hook sits directly across the river from lower manhattan. it was part of the flood area that saw storm surges of 14 feet. >> when i topped door there was

about six inches of water pouring through the water and rolled right out. there were lobsters rolling out the front on to the street. >> give me a sense from this how high up the water came. >> well here's the mark right here on the truck. >> he's still assessing what he think could add up to $150,000 in damages. >> that's at least four feet. >> is this damage from the water >> yeah. >> is that what you're seeing? >> that's exactly what is it. it's corroded already. >> one of the millions without power. >> there's dry ice. >> he's desperately trying to preserve with dry ice what the floodwaters weren't able to reach. >> there's frozen clam chowder and that's all lobster meat right there. >> how much? >> i would probably say $30,000 or $40,000 of lobster meat. >> what happens to that $30,000

or $40,000 lobster meat. >> if it stays frozen we're have to throw it out. >> it employs 30 people along with the support of friends and neighbors. >> you get through it. designee has no choice. >> i want to bring all the lobster meat. >> to look at his future one day at a time. >> the kids are good. i'm okay. it's just money. >> like so many hit hardest by sandy, he's adamant he will rebuild. >> at the end of the day we'll make it through. we'll be back up in biz and that's all there is to it. i'm not going to throw in the tall and quit. >> you go along in red hook brooklyn all the business are coming together. his biggest competitor offered to help them house an ice some of that product because they were so fearful would go bad. >> the tough thing a lot of these businesses they never can get back. >> he's coming back.

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♪ the amount of damage from hurricane sandy is truly stunning and the estimated cost is still climbing. property damage is now put at $20 billion and total economic damage could reach $50 billion. of course homeowners will bear much of the burden of cleanup and rebuilding. danny lipford is here to help. first let's start out what kind of insurance covers wind and

water damage? >> most of your property damage type of insurance will handle that. if you have a tree on your house or if you have any other damage associated with that even if you have rain that gets in as a result of that property insurance will cover it. but if you have rising water that's where the flood insurance comes in. >> which from the national government in many cases but there's state insurance. how do you differentiate between the two. >> the federal government regulates the flood insurance in terms of the rates and the maps that you use to determine if you're in a flood zone. but your local agent will actuallyactual li actually handle it and you need just call that one insurance adjuster. >> what's the first stipulate need to take? >> let's say be polite, persistence plays in. i would e-mail i would call i would even send a letter. keep pushing out say i need your help. include as many contact points

as you possibly can. include your neighbor's phone, cell phone, e-mail. >> keep that paper trail. when you are documents this what do you recommend people do and should they start to clean up anything, touch anything even in the yard before they start taking pictures of the damage? >> i would go ahead and document everything. over document. take pictures. take video. do as much as you possibly can. if you can find picture of what your house looked like before the damage like maybe old christmas pictures or pictures of family gatherings that can be very valuable because your real intention is to represent to the adjuster exactly what you had before the damage incurred. >> what's the most important thing to no about water damage. >> getting it as dry as possible. any type of fabric you have in your house get it out of your house after you've taken your pictures. carpet. any type of furniture. drapes. any of that. get it out of there. then one of your best friends

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americans will elect a president in just three days and we all have our season in views on that but what about movie presidents? >> you got help me cut the budget a little. >> we got to cut the budget. >> yeah. about $650 million. you look hungry. >> lately you seem to be going out on a lot of first dates.

>> how are we doing so far? >> hard to say at this point. so far your typical first date stuff. >> i don't want to be different than the other guys. >> get off my plane. >> so which on screen president would you elect? let's ask a couple of guys who can vote. two of the country's most influential film critics, good morning to you both. michael let me start with you. your third favorite movie president? >> would never throw a guy off the plane. >> why? >> a lot of nixons in the movies. but i really love what frank did with this one. really almost as much about david frost as is it is about nixon. he brought not just a cheap sympathy to nixon's situation

near the end of his life but - sort of really smart yaemempathy. everybody shows the sly manipulator. >> a very funny nixon. in a movie called "dick." a silly 1999 comedy with kirsten dunst and michelle williams. he sounds very little like nixon. it's like watching a sketch comedy. we could have done this whole segment just on nixon. i think he's the most attractive in a way to movies and anthony hopkins has done it. there's something about the complexity of the character, it can be tragic and shakespearean and ridiculously funny. >> michael your second favorite is peter sellers in that great

game "dr. strange love." >> my fictional president of the three. it's also one of the great telephone calls in movie history where he's on the phone with his russian counter part there's been a little problem with the bomb and heading their way and it's just to me like sellers channelling all sort of american presidents across the 20th century, eisenhower -- >> of jack stanton, very thinly disguised bill clintonesque figure base opened the novel by anonymous which turned out to be joe klein, directed by jack nicholson. wonderful acting in this movie. this is one of my favorite of john travolta's roles. he takes a big bite out of this character who was so full of appetite and ambition who is so charming and so devious.

>> just like nixon. michael, your favorite. who is your favorite movie president. >> maybe because i've just seen it recently but i really love the upcoming spielberg firm "lincoln." you look at henry fonda back in the '30s and raymond massey but here you have both this iconic figure who is treated larger-than-life but day-lewis is a smart and intuitive and detailed actor u-get the man behind -- this is sort of a back stage political machinations drama, no big battle scenes and all that but he's fantastic in it. he is an inspiring president. >> tony get off my plane. air force one. >> the hands one executive. literally. taking the fight right to the

terrorist, throwing them off the plane. i think this is interesting to me because we've talked about some real presidents and then there's these fantasy presidents and the pelter sellers character in "dr. strange love" and then president as action hero. guys who probably never would and shouldn't ever be anywhere near that much power but, you know, whether it's "independence day" or something else. >> he's taken on an alien race not just a terrorist. >> thanks guys for being with us this morning. . >> coming up a mop of red hair and a big voice we'll meet the original annie, andrea mcardle is here with us in our studios. stick around.

♪ seeinging the lights go out on broadway ♪ heartbreaking to see the destruction in the wake of hurricane sandy. this the long beach. a popular barrier island. it was sand blasted by 80 mile-per-hour winds but residents say the damage could have been much worse had it not been for high sand dunes and wide beaches. >> if you would like to help donate to the sandy relief fund at 1-800-red-cross or www.redcross.org or sandy relief fund text the words red tros and the numbers 90999 to donate $10. >> we have to come together around this. welcome to cbs thrng saturday. i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm anthony mason. >> for millions of people here in the northeast across the country and even around the world hurricane sandy has made

travel a nightmare. the airlines are still struggling to get their flights straightened out and train and bus service hobble. motorists are struggling with traffic jams and gs line shortages we've been showing you and our travel editor is here with a look at how things stand and how long it might to take to get back to normal. 20,000 flights cancelled. how long will it be until everybody is back where they need to go. >> this was a really unprecedented event, the whole storm was unprecedented. 20,000 fights. second biggest disruption since 9/11. the good news is things are getting back to normal. flights in the northeast at most airports are hopefully going be back to full schedule by monday. that's good news. there's some lingering delays today mostly to the new york

airports but that's systemwide sporadic problem. if you've been on one much these flights in a trying to find a seat on another flight out that could be a problem clearing this backlog of delays. i talked to all the airlines. most say it's clearing up pretty quickly but i mean it's going to be challenging if you need to get somewhere to find an open seat. >> what about getting the money back? >> there's good news and bad news. good news is if your flight is cancelled you're entitled to a refund under law. bad news is that if you you want to travel you might have a hard time finding the seat but the good side is the airlines are waiving most change fees. if you do that but make sure you ask this week because there's typically a window. some airlines say november 4th some november 7th but you have to act soon to reuse your ticket to avoid the fees which can range from $150 to $400. >> what about train service. amtrak was disrupted. >> amtrak got back to schedule on friday in the northeast

corridor. the routes in and out of new york obviously were the most problematic. they are on a weekend schedule. they do warn about spot delays. there was problem about debris on tracks that trees could still come down. so if you're traveling by train, check the schedule before you go because there could be spot cancellations. make your reservations online don't try to get your tickets at the station. get an e boarding pass. amtrak is concerned about long long lines. >> and then you have the underground train system here in new york city that was flooded, literally hundreds millions of gallons of water. >> unprecedented amount of water. for these engineers who are removing this water it's not as simple as pumping it out. you have pressure concerns about, you know, structural integrity of the tunnel. the good news is they are working on it but if you have a plan to be in new york or this area just pack your patience and

be prepared. >> >> travellers pay attention. >> now here's lonnie quinn with a final look at the weather. >> good morning. now we just heard a little talk about another storm coming up the east coast over the weekend. ill pin it more towards the possibility of wednesday going into thursday. here's what i see out there right now. this is what's left of sandy. into canada. but we'll bring you up to cold air to portions of the northeast that don't need coldair. some folks without electricity. that will put snow on the ground, three to five inches. cold front pushes on shore around the pacific northwest with rain little snow at the higher elevations. this is the story. nothing out there. dallas and new orleans nice high pressure system bringing beautiful sum per nice summer day. kind of muggy out there. zeelted afternoon thunderstorm. look at those temperatures 80 85 degrees. that's a quick look at the

national picture. here's a quick look four weekend. all right. here's your weatherman's reminder. it is that fall back time the year. for most americans daylight savings time ends tonight. don't forget before you go to bed tonight or at 2:00 a.m. set your clocks back one hour. we fall back. over to you guys. >> as new yorkers struggle in the wake of sandy this week the stars of broadway turned out for an impromptu performance of one of the most optimistic songs over to hit the stage. ♪ the sun will come out tomorrow ♪ ♪ so hang on until tomorrow ♪

♪ come what may ♪ ♪ tomorrow ♪ ♪ the sun will come out tomorrow ♪ ♪ so you got to hang on to tomorrow ♪ that of course is the "tomorrow" from the hit musical "annie" pap new production opens next week. up next we'll meet the very first annie, andrea mcardle. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday."

♪ annie and daddy warbucks are coming back. "annie" opens next thursday and there's been a greater need for the show's optimistic spirit than right now. >> we want to catch up with broadway's original "annie,"

andrea mcardle who made her debut in 1977. ♪ i love you tomorrow ♪ ♪ you're always a day away ♪ >> and 35 years later here she s-andrea mcardle. great to have you with us. >> love that hair cut. >> everybody will be humming that song all day today. >> just through today >> forever, i think. you are a "new york." you lived down on wall street. >> do i. >> where things are pretty bad. >> it's not staten island and we did receive attention so my heart goes out to all those people who haven't had any assistance yet. but sometimes the mayhem of the snowstorm can be fun. this was the scariest thing that i've ever been through. >> so, you were without power. >> without power.

on high floors. and the buildings so big. the tiffany building it was awful. we were totally stuck. we had no idea people were charging down stairs. literally darkness. you don't know what time it is. it was not fun. >> i got tell you, i saw you at the kennedy center back in 1977. >> wow. >> i was in college. i know. i won't say the year. >> '77. >> what did it mean to you to get that part? >> mean i had no -- i had no idea how high the stakes were which is the beauty of why we enjoyed everything. i was more upset about not getting dorothy in "the wizard of oz" in my high school play and acbeing a flying monkey. i originally wasn't in the title role, i was one of the orphans.

so philly girl. >> i like the note to anyone who doesn't get cast in their school play well you can be annie on broadway. >> i couldn't win a local contest but booked that job. >> how did your head not get blown up by all this and becoming big at such a young age. >> i was blessed with wonderful parents which is where it starts. and theater is much more grounded than twis. my first job was in this very building on "search for tomorrow." die that for three years. i left when i got the show. but, you know, people in theater are very you just show up no makeup, brown bag, and it's not that glamorous. >> you sang for 2 1/2 years "the song will come up tomorrow". >> for 35 years. >> you ever get tired of it? >> i don't want -- i've made my peace years ago. it's different when you get a role like that of a lifetime.

but it's something you grow out of. like daddy warbucks you won't be an orphan for long. it's an interesting thing. >> incredible experience. i'm a lifer. i'm still here. i'll always do theater. >> when i was a kid i permed my hair to look like annie. i ran around-the-house singing the song "the sun will come out tomorrow." >> as a mother it warms my heart and now it's become like "sound of music." people who aren't theater goers, the song is known. i'm thankful to have an anthem that's mine the first time out. years before you can vote pretty good. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. . >> coming up next chef brad farmerie whose two manhattan restaurants took a big hit in the storms but he's still cooking and he brought us his dish moroccan lamb shank.

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award-winning chef brad farmerie is executive chef at two of new york city's restaurant the public and saxon and parole named for a pair of horse. both were severely affected by hurricane sandy. >> chef brad farmerie was kind enough to join us this morning with his ultimate dish moroccan lamb shank with goat cheese grits. how is your restaurant doing and you doing >> it's bean tough week for our employees and everyone in new york. we just got power last night so it's just getting back. >> so tonight might be your first night of service is that the case >> after one week off we're firing up the stove this morning as soon as i leave here and it's a long hard day in front of us. >> was it hard to get everything

back in snap didn't have any water damage >> a little bit. mostly throwing away thousands of dollars worth of food. trying to giveaway as much as possible. just trying to hold strong and help our employees as much as possible. >> as a "new york" i've seen so many acts of just loving kindness from people complete strangers. the chef community has come together to help out each other. >> it's a tight-knit community. a bunch of resilient people. everybody was in communication. wanting to see how they could help each other. that's great thing about the new york restaurant world. a lot of chefs from around the country are calling in to see what they can do. >> that's great to hear. thank you for cooking us this morning. tell us bur ultimate dish. >> this is what i cooked at home the night of the storm. brayed lamb shanks. it's a comfort food for me for my family my children they love it. i knew i could throw it on in the oven and if the power went

out we would be all right. >> it's delicious. thank you. you say you have children nine do. two children who are at home watching right now. >> what is their favorite dish? >> this is one of their favorites which is why i cook it all the time. a favorite of my wife and a bunch of my friend. great party dish. looks beautiful and great present jays. >> how hard is to it make >> dead easy. you set it and forget it. why it makes for a good cold weather dinner party food. yeah. >> go ahead. >> do your kids know what they have in their father? >> i don't think so. normally they want plain pasta with sauce. every once in a while i throw in a curveball. >> what got you inned in cooking? >> creativity. it's sort of like a bunch of pirates on the ship sailing

together. a lot of hardship long hours. you get to be creative and get to feed friends and family. that's what everyone in new york is looking for right now. bathe of comfort. a bit of neighborhood. a bit of community. i think that's what restaurants can bring. unfortunately so many restaurants lost so much. you know we're trying to help them occupant as well. >> it's amazing how much food you think about smell and you smell a memorable smell and i want reminds you of your grandma or your family. >> yeah. >> if you could enjoy this dish with anyone who would it be? >> it would be my family and my extended family. my parents and my brother and my kids. i think at times like this it's what people are looking to do, get together with family and enjoy something like this. snoou not what you expect when you go in the restaurant business. >> no. this is a big tidal wave of toughness. as i said the restaurant people are tough and we're trying to help each other out. >> we appreciate it. thank you so much for coming and

joining us on such a big morning for your restaurant. if you wouldn't mind signing our dish we would love it. >> sure. thank you. >> hope everything gets back to normal. brad farmerie. for more on brad farmerie and the dish they'd our website at cbsnews.com/nbc this morning.-- cbsthismorning. >> don't go away. we'll be right back. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday." from nature, for sweetness. these are craisins dried cranberries, they're sweet! i put them in cookies, cereal, salads, and this is my famous cranberry baked brie. mmm, craisins make this so yummy.

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final hours before election day. plus we're following superstorm sandy recovery efforts in new york and new jersey. we'll see you monday at 7:00 on cbs this morning. >> then next week on cbs "this morning saturday" show me the way, legendary rocker peter frampton joins us for a conversation and a performance. you've spoken with him before. >> he's a greet guy and great story. that's our broadcast this hurricane warning. our thoughts go out to all who are suffering in the wake of the storm. >> we're absolutely thinking of you as are people around the world and certainly a time where we've seen so many people come together in this city, a great time if you can come together and be a community in this time of need. we leave you with a look at the beginnings of the recovery from this natural disaster. there are better days ahead. >> it's the worst thing that's happened to this city since 9/11. >> by working together we will

recover and we will rebuild our city stronger than ever. >> everything is gone. >> new jersey took it worse than any other state and going to take us a while to dig out from under it but we will dig out from under. >> will you rebuild here? >> we have to. nowhere else to go. >> when you see neighbors helping neighbors -- >> there's a hurricane so we couldn't leave anybody out. >> -- you're reminded about what america is all about. >> we go through tough times but we bounce back. >> the reason we bounce back is because we look out for one another. >> we're good. we're alive. >> and we don't leave anybody behind. >> i promise. i promise.